Sister Parish was an American interior decorator and socialite. She was the first practitioner brought in to decorate the Kennedy White House. Some of her signature design features include floors elaborately painted and stained, Anglo-Franco furniture that had seen good—but definitely not better—days, flashes and flares of daredevil color, luscious chintz (nobody could bring a room to flower better than Sister Parish), crocheted throws and needlepoint pillows and chair covers, botanical prints, painted lampshades, dog paintings and white wicker.